[1] George was the son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Mary Molesworth while Dora was the daughter of John Bloomfield and Jane Jocelyn.

Upon Marlay's death in 1912, his properties passed to his cousin, Charles Howard-Bury, a soldier who went on to lead his regiment in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during World War I.

An Bord Pleanála stated that they had heard objections to the housing development plan from the Arts Council and from a person in Wexford.

[11] The hotel officially opened on Friday, 27 July 1979 with a total cost of £500,000 (equivalent to £3,623,205 in 2023) providing accommodation for 120 people and having banqueting facilities for 300.

[12][13] In February 1997, work began on a £3 million (equivalent to £6,896,380 in 2023) extension adding an additional 32 bedrooms to the hotel bringing the total to 65 as well as the construction of a state of the art leisure centre designed by Fewer McGinley and Associates of Waterford which included a 20m swimming pool, hot tub and sauna as well as sunbeds.